Satan and the Scots: The Devil in Post-Reformation Scotland, c.1560-1700

Satan and the Scots: The Devil in Post-Reformation Scotland, c.1560-1700 Frequent discussions of Satan from the pulpit, in the courtroom, in print, in self-writings, and on the streets rendered the Devil an immediate and assumed presence in early modern Scotland. Exploring what it meant to live in a world in which Satans presence was believed to be, and indeed, perceived to be, ubiquitous, this book recreates the role of the Devil in the mental worlds of the Scottish people from the Reformation through the early eighteenth century. In so doing it is both the first history of the Devil in Scotland and a case study of the profound ways that beliefs about evil can change lives and shape whole societies. Autor: Michelle D. Brock Wydawnictwo: Taylor & Francis Rok wydania: 2016 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 264 Wymiary: 23.4 x 15.6 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9781472470010